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Best Bird of the Year for 2015

10,000 Birds

At least in the northeastern United States, their rate of so doing is high, according to research I summarized here. Painted Buntings and nesting owls, Black-headed Gulls and mystery empids. The African or Angola Pitta is the holy grail of the Southern African birder and definitely the “most-wanted” bird in our region.

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